Structural determinants of nitroxide motion in spin-labeled proteins: Solvent-exposed sites in helix B of T4 lysozyme

Protein Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 228-239

  Guo, Zhefeng ^a,b   Cascio, Duilio ^b   Hideg, Kálmán ^c   Hubbell, Wayne L ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

EPR spectroscopy; Side chain conformation; Site directed spin labeling

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME; NITROXIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPIN LABELING;

BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MURAMIDASE; MUTANT PROTEINS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPIN LABELS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 38649125853     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.073174008     Document Type: Article

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